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Newspaper
The Pocatello Tribune
Location
Pocatello, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1908
Page
1
Lisbon reports intense election riots after Republican protests. Streets allegedly run with blood as soldiers fired on mobs and dispersed them. Government secrecy delays casualty figures while ballot counting proceeds slowly under guard. No Republican winners declared yet in 107 districts.
Washington April 6 the House unanimously passed the Sterling employers liability bill.
Washington April 6 after extended hearings the senate judiciary committee agreed to report a bill dealing with shipment of liquors from one state to another. The bill provides that there shall be no collection on delivery packages of liquor shipped in interstate commerce where fictitious names are used and that the consignor and consignee names shall be stated plainly. The measure aims to curb practice by railroad and express firms acting as agents for liquor houses.
Philadelphia April 6. The council will be asked this week to appropriate $50,000 to relieve distress among the unemployed. A committee was appointed to appear before the council finance committee to urge action as 200,000 people are out of work and money is needed to prevent women and children from starving.
Warrants for the arrest of Hans Nielsen Jake Ball John Stoor and Abe Soderman were issued by Probate Judge T A Johnston on complaint of Chief Deputy State Game Warden B T Livingstone of Boise The men are charged with violating state game laws by catching fish near Henry Idaho with a seine They were arrested last week at Soda Springs and transported there for trial A venue change moved the case from Justice Drewery to the probate court They are bonded to appear tomorrow at 10 o clock before Judge Drewery and will be arrested on the new warrants for trial Thursday
New York April 6. Counsel for Evelyn Nesbit Thaw failed in the supreme court to obtain an annulment of her marriage to Harry K. Thaw on the ground that Thaw was insane at the time of the marriage. Proceedings had been served several weeks earlier.
L M Earl of St Anthony Idaho interests in Salisburry loans predicts Fremont county will back James H Brady for governor at Republican convention. He says Brady’s candidacy hurts Hamer for Congress and southeastern Idaho may not push both offices. Earl notes Hamer is seen as geographically disadvantaged.
L. M. Steger and Clarence Dietrich were thrown from a horse-drawn rig after a runaway near Pocatello. Both men suffered bruises and rested in bed, while Charlie Fuller and Frank McLeod escaped uninjured.
Phil Lavatta a well known half breed Indian, is an inmate of the county jail after being brought in from the Fort Hall reservation to answer to a rape charge. The alleged offense occurred on the reservation against Lavatta's sister in law, wife of Penny Powell, the complaining witness. He will be tried in the United States district court convening here on April 13 with Judge Dietrich presiding.
William J. Bryan arrived in Denver and spoke to Denver University students at 11 o clock. He planned to address the Ministerial Alliance and attend multiple receptions including at the YMCA and Chamber of Commerce. He would inspect the unfinished auditorium for the national convention and speak at a banquet hosted by El Jebel temple with Shatroth as toastmaster.
Four Japanese entered the American consulate in Mukden and brutally attacked native staff in retaliation for private spite. Consul General Straight had Chinese police arrest the attackers who were taken to the Japanese consulate. No apology has been offered and a possible diplomatic action is expected.
A party of twenty two bankers and businessmen from the east arrived in Pocatello by special Pullman car to view the Twin Falls North Side canal, Milner-Gooding electric road, Shoshone Falls Power plant, and planned reclamation works in Owyhee county. They will tour Milner, Buhl, Boise, and Salt Lake, with dinners and banquets arranged, and may invest in the projects if impressed.
Salt Lake April 6 By the utterances of its leaders the Mormon church was enlisted in a campaign for local option and prohibition. President Joseph F Smith urged Latter day Saints to cooperate to curb drunkenness and related crimes. Politicians expect local option laws and states with large Mormon votes may feel the impact as the conference, lasting three days with about 15 000 in attendance, continues.
The world conference of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meets in Independence Missouri today. Seven hundred delegates attend as leaders say no revelation is expected at this session, though one may come later touching on marriage and divorce topics debated in prior conferences.
Eighteen division officers of the Oregon Short Line in Idaho met in regular session to discuss railroad matters, progress, and changes in operating rules. Attendees included superintendents, roadmasters, trainmasters, division engineers, dispatchers, traveling engineers, and foremen from Idaho and Montana divisions. Similar meetings occur on the first Sunday monthly on all Harriman system lines.
Samuel L. Gardner shot and killed Dorothy Bradney then fatally shot himself in McKee's Rocks suburb. Gardner, 50, former borough engineer, had reportedly been despondent after losing his job last month and had been infatuated with the 16 year old girl. Police investigate the double death.
Salt Lake man and his Pocatello brother bought 3000 Furnace Creek Copper Mining shares at 14 cents each. The stock leaped to 20 dollars, transforming their investment from 420 to 60,000 dollars. The London brothers, B J London and Dack London, each stand to profit from the rise.
Boston reports a 10 percent average wage reduction in New England cotton mills affecting about 30,000 workers. Last week 50,000 workers had pay cut, and on Monday about 15,000 more mill hands including at New Bedford will see reductions.
Gray and Boyd, city attorneys for Perkins and McCarty, contemplate filing a motion for rehearing in the state supreme court. The case concerns a writ of mandate to compel the city of Poca to issue a retail liquor license. The supreme court reversed the lower court, and the appellate tribunal will be asked to review its own action in holding the council's denial of the license was final.
William Smith aged 20 and Robert M Reede aged 25 are jailed in Pocatello awaiting arraignment on burglary charges for breaking into a Short Line box car at McCammon. They were brought to town yesterday by Constable Lewis of McCammon.
A blaze at 470 Pearl Street in New York killed Julia Isola, 22, who jumped from a fourth floor window. Nearly twenty injured and multiple residents were rescued as flames trapped occupants on upper floors and forced others to jump from windows during the rapid fire. Firefighters raised a ladder and saved several occupants after the deadly outbreak.
Dover April 6 The Republican state organization led by Senators Dupont and Richardson scores an overwhelming victory making the convention plan for unpledged delegation to Chicago likely. Dupont and Richardson favor Senator Knox and T Coleman Dupont is chosen as Delaware’s national committeeman to succeed J Edwards Addicks.
Paul Morton president of Equitable Life Insurance toured the Pacific Northwest and Idaho, visiting Pocatello between trains. He discussed investments, Idaho’s reclamation projects, mining and timber wealth, and noted Idaho's Taft support. He traveled with his secretary and planned to Salt Lake City.
Eagle band officers were elected at a city meeting including Jake Meyers as President and Manager Charles Lamereauy as Secretary Treasurer. A full set of new uniforms and several new instruments will be purchased. To raise funds a dance is set for May 1 at McNicol e Wright hall. The reorganized band will play at the ball game next Sunday.
Salt Lake City hosts the Utah Republican state central committee elected to choose delegates to the national convention in Chicago. The meeting confirms May 7 as the date and Salt Lake City as the place for the state convention.
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